TY - BOOK AU - McBride, Dawn M. TI - The process of research in psychology SN - 9781412960786 (pbk.) U1 - 150.72 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - Psychology KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Psychology, Experimental KW - Research KW - methods N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Psychological research : the whys and hows of the scientific method -- Hypothesis development : where research questions come from -- How p sychologists use the scientific method : observation techniques and res earch designs -- Types of variables -- Ethical guidelines for psycholog ical research -- Sampling -- Summarizing and interpreting data : using statistics -- Reporting research -- The nuts and bolts of survey resear ch -- The nuts and bolts of correlational studies -- The nuts and bolts of experiments -- The nuts and bolts of quasi-experiments -- The nuts and bolts of other specialized designs -- The nuts and bolts of using s tatistics ER -